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1 Finland’s space strategy for years
Finland’s space strategy for years 2013 to 2020To space with Europe – global benefits and prosperity to Finland To space with Europe – global benefits and prosperity to Finland Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja Tekijät | Författare | AuthorsToimeksiantaja(t) | Uppdragsgivare | Commissioned byTyö- ja elinkeinoministeriöArbets- och näringsministeriet Toimielimen asettamispäivä | The national strategy for Finland’s space activities in 2013–2020 – to space through Europe, global benefits and prosperity to Finland from space activitiesAsiasanat | Nyckelord | Key wordsspace, national strategy, research, international cooperation, space technology, satellite telecommunications, satellite navigation, remote sensing, space science, space industry, arctic region, open dataVerkkojulkaisu | Nätpublikation | Web publicationISBN Julkaisija | Utgivare | Published byTyö- ja elinkeinoministeriö Arbets- och näringsministeriet Vain sähköinen julkaisuEndast som elektronisk publikationPublished in electronic format onlyThe Finnish Space Committee appointed by the Ministry of Employment and the Economy guides

2 the Finnish publicly funded space activ
the Finnish publicly funded space activities. In 2012 the committee formulated the Finnish space strategy under the heading: ”The national strategy for Finland’s space activities in 2013–2020 – to space through Europe, global benefits and prosperity to Finland from space activities.”The strategy presents the main objectives for the publicly funded space activities. They are in the areas where Finland is most active: space science, earth observation, global positioning, satellite telecommunications and space industries. The objectives of the strategy focus on applications that are important to society. The strategy fosters the development of a few large spearhead actions aiming to raise the level of the chosen activities to the world’s top level by the year 2020.The key development objectives are:Developing space-based applications that respond to the growing demands of the Arctic area relating to e.g. natural resources, climate change, security, and the environment in research, the creation of public sector operational services and commercial services.Raising the level and societal impact of scientific res

3 earch based to a large degree on the ES
earch based to a large degree on the ESA’s and EU’s programs.Implementation of the strategy is defined, guided and monitored by the Finnish Space Committee. Marjaana Aarnikka, tel. +358 50 338 4350 Earth Observation, satellite telecommunications and satellite positioning. Industrial activities relate to all these. The Finnish Space Committee (founded in 1983) under the Ministry of Economy coordinates the Finnish public sector space activities bringing all involved Ministries together. It gives guidelines for the development and exploitation of the related business activities and public services for the society.February 2013. The duration of this strategy is longer than any of its predecessors, space technology, because these are seen more and more important to society. The aim of the strategy is: Finnish space activities and their applications will be - in the The strategy is built on four “spearheads”:The satellite data centre in Sodankylä strengthens the research of the Arctic (e.g. climate change and environmental safety) and helps in the utilisation of the Arctic resources (e.g. natural resources, transportation

4 in the Arctic, including the Arctic Oce
in the Arctic, including the Arctic Ocean). The goal is to create public and commercial Open source geographic information boosts the competitiveness of Satellite positioning will enable e.g. intelligent transportation system nationally and create export in equipment and services. Open geospatial data released by the government agencies and big data the competitiveness of services in positioning, remote sensing and geographic information nationally and in export markets.Raising the level of scientic research through participation in the Spacecra equipment industry responds to growing competition by ContentsSummary Finnish space activities in a changing world....................................................... Global trends Europe in space Finland is space Public sector space activities in Finland Science Spacecraft and ground equipment industries Applications The goals Arrowheads Implementation and the public sector have a widening access to applications utilising satellites. Television programmes are distributed via satellites, the daily and weekly weather data has made the forecasts more accurate. Satellite posi

5 tioning has a presence in everyday livin
tioning has a presence in everyday living in e.g. cars and cellular phones and in businesses such as transportation. The sales of navigation equipment and location-based services have increased 10–15% annually throughout the early 21st century. The global competition South Africa and many emerging economies. These countries are expanding the market for space applications. For example, Russia, China and India compete with Europe in the sales of launchers but they are a new market for European telecommunications satellites. For the old strong space nations - the United States, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - and the European Union as well as emerging space nations, space activities have of a strategic importance: e.g. remote are regional. The fastest growing markets are outside Europe.Through the activities since early 1960’s the European Space Agency (ESA) and the national space agencies of especially France, Germany and Italy have created the The companies employ over 30,000 people. Figure 1 describes the volume of global Present co-operative roles of ESA and the European Commission have been guided positioning. Duri

6 ng the years 2013-2020 ESA and European
ng the years 2013-2020 ESA and European Commission invest in their space programmes all-together 40 billion euro. In 2012, ESA’s budget was 3.7 euro. Europe is a signicant player in space activities in the following sectors:telecommunications, navigation and Earth Observation satelliteslaunchers (Vega, Ariane 5 and Soyuz) Space technology is an invisible resource in everyday lives of Finns. Finnish space based ionospheric research. Space technology has been exploited in Finland since television broadcast since the terrestrial cable and wireless network rule in other the European satellite equipment, structures and soware supply chains. Satellite http://www.sia.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013_SSIR_Final.pdf State of the Satellite Industry Report, June 2013, The Tauri Group, Satellite Industry Association, 2013.  commercial Finnish space activity. Finland has not participated to launcher and The main space activities in Finland are space science, Earth Observation, satellite positioning and satellite telecommunications, and the satellite equipment industry. Each area has basic research, applied research, b

7 usiness and applications exploiting The
usiness and applications exploiting The foundation of Finnish space activities is the participation to European organisations. ESA’s programmes are the backbone of the Finnish space activities, the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and European Commission’s space activities such as Galileo, During 2013–2020 Finland will invest 400 million euro in ESA’s and European Commission’s space programmes. Finland’s contribution to the ESA budget is 20 GNP (1.40%). The Finnish public sector funding to space activities is 50 million euro including the payments to ESA, ESO and EUMETSAT. and Helsinki, the Aalto university and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. In Earth Observation in addition to the universities, government’s research institutes are involved in scientic research. The level of scientic research was evaluated in 2012The signicance of ground based space observations (e.g. ESO) have increased in sites in Earth Observation and satellite positioning – some of which are in Finland – have become more important in bot

8 h the scientic activities and in th
h the scientic activities and in the development Since the mid-1980s Finnish researchers and companies have developed scientic instruments for dozens of spacecra that study the universe (e.g. plasma and particle physics, X-rays, cosmic background, Mars atmosphere) and Earth’s atmosphere and land cover. These activities created the Finnish space industry in the 1980’s. The equipment, structures and soware. Their turnover was approximately 13 million Dozens of companies are manufacturing e.g. tracking devices and apply space technologies in service business related to navigation, telecommunications and remote sensing. The estimated turnover of these companies is 240 million euro.Many Finnish companies are active in the positioning sector. The majority of these Some of them have expanded their activities from GPS to also cover GLONASS, Technological research that supports business is conducted not only by companies themselves but also by the universities and VTT Technical Research Centre of http://www.aka.fi/Tiedostot/Tiedostot/Julkaisut/7_12_Scientific%20Research.pdf The State of Scientific Research 

9 have global business potential. These a
have global business potential. These applications support many activities that are important to the society in the elds of safety (e.g. maritime safety, forest res, weather forecasts), in increasing operating capabilities (e.g. sea transportation in the winter, hydroelectric power, mining) and environmental issue (e.g. climate change). These capabilities will be improved through European programmes, e.g. Galileo and Copernicus. The global “Group on Earth Observations” (GEO) promotes The main Finnish actors in Earth Observation are research institutes. The volume be distributed free-of-charge from 2014 onward will improve the Finnish companies’ opportunities in global geospatial services market. The arrival of unmanned aerial vehicles in the remote sensing scene will expand business opportunities. Opening the private and the public sector work together. In navigation Galileo will boost navigation to telecommunications. The goals for the Finnish space activities are drawn from Finland’s needs in an era of stronger global competition, inter-dependency and collaboration. The strategy focuses on space applicati

10 ons that are most important to society.
ons that are most important to society. Finnish space activities aim to raise scientic know-how even higher, to improve the 2020. The strategy strives to foster development through four arrowheads.The arrowheads dene the process of achieving the goals of the strategy. The arrowheadst are not programmes as such but rely to combining many resources. They are based on the knowledge and capabilities that has been created earlier. They will exploit both the national and European research infrastructure. The duration of the strategy corresponds to the length of the space programmes of ESA and the European Commission’s Horizon programme. European and national funding are the two parts of the implementation of the strategy. Space applications respond to the growing demands of the Arctic areaDuring the strategy period, the inuence exerted by Finland through space activities on national and international questions related to the environmental national satellite data centre serving the public sector will be based on the Finnish Meteorological Institute’s Sodankylä satellite ground station. The region environment, envi

11 ronmental safety and natural resources.
ronmental safety and natural resources. Research and The limited natural resources, their increasing consumption, higher prices and emissions trading are creating global demand in the Earth Observation sector. Access to public geospatial and environmental data (e.g. water, forest, weather and mineral resources) will increasingly be free and open to all use. In order to promote national and international commercial activities, new processing methods will be developed for handling the increasing data volumes. One into business activities in the domestic and the export market.Positioning applications will be developed for the needs of e.g. intelligent transport and ubiquitous information technology. The national FinnRef network in positioning. Smart transport and the extension of positioning from car and develop more extensive location-based service business and navigation devices.other positioning techniques and Earth Observation data and data from other  Raising the level of scientic research through participation in the signicantly boosting their societal impact. The research will exploit the data collected by int

12 ernational satellite programmes and terr
ernational satellite programmes and terrestrial observation programmes of ESA,European Commission’s Copernicus, and ESO.outside Europe increase the opportunities for space science and Earth Observation science. The funding of the European Research Council will be eciently exploited. New technologies, including the Cubesat satellites, will be developed in space research and technology development projects.Space equipment industry responds to tougher competition by European companies stronger and by developing faster and more ecient business processes. Technological competitiveness development projects will to be found outside Europe, the main emphasis will be on the space technology programmes of ESA and the European Commission. Cooperation between the industry and universities and research institutes will be improved further signicant degree on the exploitation of ESA’s and European Commission’s funding described in the Committee’s action plan. The arrowhead projects will evolve over The indicators of success include the turnover of companies in this sector, the quality of refereed publications and

13 the societal benets produced. F
the societal benets produced. Finnish Space Committee, 15 April 2010–31 March 2013 (wrote the strategy)Petri Peltonen, Director-General, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Pekka Plathan, Director-General, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Laura Höijer, Research Director, Ministry of the EnvironmentAnnu Jylhä-Pyykönen, Counsellor of Education, Ministry of Education and Tuija Karanko, Secretary General, Association of Finnish Defence and Aerospace Industries AFDAAnu Laamanen, Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign AairsSusan Linko, Director, Academy of FinlandMatti Möttönen, Deputy Chief, Rear Admiral, Finnish Border GuardPetteri Taalas, Director General, Finnish Meteorological InstituteKari Tilli, Director, TekesRaimo Vajavaara, Director, Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryVeli-Pekka Valtonen, Chief of Armaments Division, Brigadier General, Defence Petri Peltonen, Director-General, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Pekka Plathan, Director-General, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Marjaana Aarnikka, Commercial Councellor, Ministry of Employment and the EconomyLaura Höijer, Resear

14 ch Director, Ministry of the Environment
ch Director, Ministry of the EnvironmentJukka Juusti, Head of the Resource Policy Department, Ministry of DefenceTimo Kantola, Deputy Director General, Ministry for Foreign AairsTuija Karanko, Secretary General, Association of Finnish Defense and Aerospace Industries AFDAPetteri Kauppinen, Counsellor of Education, Ministry of Education and CultureSusan Linko, Director, Academy of FinlandTiina Peltola-Lampi, Head of Intrenational Aairs, Ministry of the InteriorKari Tilli, Director, TekesRaimo Vajavaara, Director, Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryYrjö Viisanen, Director of Research and Development, Finnish Meteorological  Kimmo Kanto, Chair, Secretary General of the Committee, TekesMarjaana Aarnikka, Ministry of Employment and the EconomyTuomas Häme, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Pertti Järvelin, Defence Command of Finland Antti Kosonen, National Land Survey of FinlandHeidi Kuusniemi, Finnish Geodetic InstituteHarri Lähti, PatriaMia Nykopp, Finnish Transport Safety AgencyYrjö Sucksdor, Finnish Environment InstituteKati Sulonen, Academy of FinlandPauli Stigell, secretary of the Secretariat, Te